Comparison

PagerDuty vs MemDeck

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PagerDuty

This app helps organizations manage digital operations and resolve incidents quickly. It provides real-time alerts, incident response tools, and team scheduling to ensure seamless customer experiences.

Highlights
  • Push notification alerts with custom sounds
  • Respond to incidents (acknowledge, resolve, reassign)
  • View incident details and resolution timelines
  • Manage on-call schedules and team overrides
  • Create new incidents and loop in responders
  • Execute custom actions on incidents
Features
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PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a leader in digital operations management. In an always-on world, organizations of all sizes trust PagerDuty to help them deliver a perfect digital experience to their customers, every time. Through its SaaS-based platform, PagerDuty arms developers, IT operations, support, security, and business leaders to prevent and resolve incidents when seconds matter. Over 12,000 businesses including GE, Vodafone, Box, and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations. PagerDuty for iOS allows you to: * Receive unlimited push notification alerts and set custom sounds for alerts * Easily access and respond to open incidents (acknowledge, resolve, or reassign) * View incident details, grouped alerts, and resolution timelines at a glance * View your on-call timeline and team schedules, and book overrides for yourself or your teammates * Access a contact list of all users in your account and their contact information * Create new incidents directly from the mobile app * Loop in responders for additional help * Execute custom actions (like restarting servers, running diagnostics, etc.) on incidents NOTE: A PagerDuty user account is required to use this application. Some features’ availability depends on your PagerDuty plan.

About

MemDeck

Practice card memorization with this app that shuffles decks and tests your recall. Track your progress and compete globally. Adjust deck size for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Card shuffling and display
  • Memorization timing
  • Automatic answer checking
  • Results recording
  • Adjustable deck size
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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This app helps you practice card memorization. MemDeck shuffles a deck of cards and shows you the order. You see the cards to memorize the order. The app records how long do you take to memorize the cards and automatically checks your answer. The results are recorded and you can check them later. MemDeck helps not only pro memory athletes but also beginners! You can reduce the number of cards and practice with a smaller size of the deck. Sign in to Apple's GameCenter to see the world ranking of 13, 26, 39, and 52 cards.

Screenshots

PagerDuty4 screens
MemDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

PagerDuty and MemDeck both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of MemDeck's written reviews are positive against 25% of PagerDuty's. MemDeck also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). PagerDuty's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MemDeck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PagerDuty asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PagerDuty against 4.8 for MemDeck. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PagerDuty has 5.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of PagerDuty's written reviews are positive against 100% of MemDeck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PagerDuty ships an update weekly, MemDeck every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PagerDuty versus MemDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagerDutyMemDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews24.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.2K — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPagerDuty Inc.Wataru Mera

Customer experience

PagerDuty

All ratings5,239 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive24.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative62.0%

MemDeck

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PagerDuty

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Font sizing issue
  • Unable to change alert sound
  • Cannot change settings
  • Couldn't acknowledge incident
  • Crashes on startup
Show 14 more
  • Crashes frequently
  • Unresponsive after alerts
  • Vibration and sound settings not obeyed
  • App unresponsive after alert
  • Login Fail
  • Major bug in update
  • Logs out me every few weeks
  • Crashes
  • Crashes
  • Crashes
  • Useful...now broken
  • Still buggy
  • Couldn't acknowledge incident
  • Couldn't acknowledge incident

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to use custom sound for emergencies
  • Add ability to use custom sound for emergencies
  • Add ability to put services in maintenance mode
  • Improve Resolved Incidents view to show oldest first
  • Provide easy way to allow calls/texts during DND

MemDeck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PagerDuty

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MemDeck

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
PagerDuty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MemDeck free?
MemDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PagerDuty or MemDeck?
PagerDuty is rated higher. PagerDuty averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while MemDeck averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do PagerDuty or MemDeck have ads?
MemDeck shows ads; PagerDuty does not.
Which is updated more often, PagerDuty or MemDeck?
PagerDuty ships an update weekly, and MemDeck every 6 weeks. Most recently, PagerDuty was updated on October 23, 2026 and MemDeck on October 24, 2026.

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